Product, Project and Program Management

PMI® Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®

Overview

Business analysis is a topic of growing importance to projects and programs. The marketplace reflects this importance, as practitioners increasingly embrace business analysis as a technique for uncovering business needs, managing requirements, and creating effective solutions to business problems. The PMI-PBA® certification recognizes an individual’s expertise in business analysis, and using these tools and techniques to improve the overall success of projects.

In addition, the PMI-PBA® certification carries a high level of professional credibility. It requires a combination of business analysis training, experience working on projects, and examination on business analysis principles, practices, tools, and techniques. This global certification also supports individuals in meeting the needs of organizations that rely on business analysis practitioners to play key roles on their teams.

Who Should Take This Course

Audience

This course is targeted toward a variety of managers and staff members who wish to acquire the necessary skills to successfully manage projects.

If you work with project teams and manage requirements or product development, or if you’re a project or program manager who performs business analysis in your role, then the PMI-PBA® certification is right for you.

Prerequisites

  • Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, 60 months of business analysis experience, 35 contact hours of education in business analysis

OR

  • Bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent, 36 months of business analysis experience, 35 contact hours of education in business analysis

Why You Should Take This Course

Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify the business analysis tasks discussed in Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide
  • State the importance of the five business analysis domains covered by the PMI-PBA®
  • Assess readiness for taking the PMI-PBA®
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